Marketing Internship / Industrial Placement
Location: GB, NSM, Bristol
Employment type: Temporary
Required experience: Internship
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Marketing

Company profile:
Sparkol is an exciting, innovative and unique software company, intent on providing new and engaging ways for communicating your message.Sparkol launched VideoScribe in 2012 after four years of exploring ways to empower people to communicate more effectively through software since 2008.VideoScribe was immediately well received and has now got around 50,000 active users – more than half on the iPad and other tablets, and the rest on desktop (both Mac &amp; PC). VideoScribe is a tool that enables users to quickly create marketing &amp; instructional videos without any design or technical knowledge.  Our client base is widely spread across countries, sectors and ages.  The key audience is SMEs, although VideoScribe is very popular in education and is used in a number of large businesses including Apple, Intel, SAP, Microsoft, HP and many more.  Over 60% of our business comes from the US although we have sold in over 120 countries.We are developing a second product, which will be launched later this year and delivers a presentation product as well as video creation.  With this we expect our user base to grow significantly and are looking to aggressively grow the business in all areas.Our mission remains the same – empower engaging communication through simple tools.We now have a team of just under 30, all based from our office in Clevedon near Bristol.  We work in a cultural environment that stimulates creativity and encourages collaboration, working together to achieve our aspiration for Sparkol.             

Job description:
Company backgroundSparkol is an exciting, innovative and unique software company, intent on providing new and engaging ways for communicating your message.Sparkol launched VideoScribe in 2012 after four years of exploring ways to empower people to communicate more effectively through software since 2008.VideoScribe was immediately well received and has now got around 50,000 active users – more than half on the iPad and other tablets, and the rest on desktop (both Mac &amp; PC). VideoScribe is a tool that enables users to quickly create marketing &amp; instructional videos without any design or technical knowledge.  Our client base is widely spread across countries, sectors and ages.  The key audience is SMEs, although VideoScribe is very popular in education and is used in a number of large businesses including Apple, Intel, SAP, Microsoft, HP and many more.  Over 60% of our business comes from the US although we have sold in over 120 countries.We are developing a second product, which will be launched later this year and delivers a presentation product as well as video creation.  With this we expect our user base to grow significantly and are looking to aggressively grow the business in all areas.Our mission remains the same – empower engaging communication through simple tools.We now have a team of just under 30, all based from our office in Clevedon near Bristol.  We work in a cultural environment that stimulates creativity and encourages collaboration, working together to achieve our aspiration for Sparkol. This role is for Marketing Students, or Business Students with a focus on marketing, who are looking for an industrial placement / internship to gain valuable hands on experience.The RoleIn this role you will assist the Marketing Manager in delivering the marketing strategy and operations, including new campaigns designed to aid the business achieve its targets and ambitions. You will assist in the planning and coordination of marketing activity, primarily in the online environment but also including traditional marketing methods. You will gain exposure to campaigns across paid search, affiliates, social networks, email and other marketing activity.In addition to assisting with the delivery of marketing activity, you will also have a strong involvement in performance reporting. Using marketing tools and internal intelligence to monitor and provide feedback on marketing effectiveness. 

Requirements:
Marketing student or Business student with focus on MarketingA creative and innovative thinker – full of ideasGood understanding of the marketing mix and how this could be applied in an online environmentBasic understanding of online channels – including Paid Search, Affiliates and Social MediaComfortable with data analysisFits culturally (team player) - taken time to understand the vision and mission of SparkolEnthusiastic - Creates buzz for product campaigns and new product launch

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